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Catherine Murphy’s Observational Paintings Find the Uncanny in the Ordinary

There is nothing extraordinary about Murphy’s subjects and yet there is something inexplicably disturbing about her paintings and drawings. | John Yau

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The Shape of Things & Land of Broken Dreams at Park Avenue Armory

Carrie Mae Weems, an artist who consistently and poignantly addresses the conditions of race, creates a multi-work installation: December 2–31.

Land of Broken Dreams, a two-day convening featuring artists and cultural thinkers and a concert series with performances by Somi, Vijay Iyer and Arooj Aftab, and Terri Lyne Carrington and Lisa Fischer: December 9-11.

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The Queer Feminist Agenda of Wilder Alison’s Abstract Wool Paintings

Since 2014, Alison has been visually dissecting Monique Wittig’s novel The Lesbian Body, which theorizes the split subjectivity women experience in language, an inherently patriarchal structure. | Ksenia M. Soboleva

Geometry in a State of Collapse

Westfall stays true to his love of planar geometry, while finding ways to undermine all traces of predictability and stability. | John Yau

Rosalind Fox Solomon Captures the Humanity of Everyday Lives

In a way, Solomon’s photo series The Forgotten harks back to a time when viewers believed that pictures told it all. | Ela Bittencourt

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CLOSING SOON

Genieve Figgis, “Queens” (2021), acrylic on canvas (image courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery, photo by Dan Bradica)

Genieve Figgis: Immortal Reflection
Almine Rech Gallery through December 11

Dread Scott: We’re Going to End Slavery. Join Us!
Cristin Tierney Gallery through December 18th

Ron Gorchov: The Last Paintings 2017–2020
Cheim & Read through December 18

Hilma af Klimt: Tree of Knowledge
David Zwirner through December 18